| |  | The Department for Health and Social Care and NHS England do not clearly understand what proportion of palliative and end-of-life care is delivered by independent adult hospices. They therefore are unclear how much they are reliant on the sector, or what the real impact of government funding is.
Nearly two thirds of adult hospices reported a financial deficit in 2023-24, with combined income from fundraising and government funding in decline.
Demand for hospice care is also projected to rise, placing further pressure on adult hospices, some of which are already reducing the services they can provide. | | Read the report | |
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